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switching sides honduras says ties with taiwan to establish a diplomatic relations with china. ah, i'm told mccrae this is al jazeera live from doha is so coming up. joe biden declares an emergency in the queue with state of mississippi. were a powerful storm has killed 25 people left a trial of destruction. president flatmate person says russia will deploy nuclear tactical weapons and fellow roofs and no opposition. candidates and no campaigning . but cubans a cit, to elect a new national assembly. aah! on juris has formerly broken off decades long diplomatic relations with taiwan and switch to china. it comes off the whole german foreign minister traveled to beijing

to discuss establishing ties with asleep. taiwan with only 13 diplomatic allies. china considers self ruled taiwan as part of its territory to be retaken by force if necessary. the us is hung. juris action is a sovereign decision but has warned the china often makes empty promises. lynn response, taiwan has accused china of coercion and intimidation. the chinese always try to manipulate the event to distort our diplomatic relations and sings the president's visit to our diplomatic allies, believing inquiry mala and his being public. and therefore, the way the chinese has been doing, they seem to you call related. and we also got the information a lot that dom, that discussions in between honduras and china doesn't seem to be coming to an end stage. and therefore, it's, you know,

our suspicion and your suspicion are the same. that china seems to be doing this intentionally. william gang, if the east asia correspondent at georgia, well news, he says taiwan faces several challenges and trying to maintain existing diplomatic ties and establish new ones. symbolically. this is important and blow again to tie one's international efforts to try to maintain a visibility, but at the same time, we need to highlight how a lot of these remaining allied time we had our smaller in developing countries. in fact, i need a lot more foreign aid from taiwan in. on the other hand, the tony of foreign ministry has really been stepping up its efforts to really deep an unofficial ties with larger countries in north america. and also in europe. a we are currently seeing the house speaker from the czech republic visiting taiwan and just last week, germany,

education ministry is also here in taiwan. so i think taiwan is trying to find the balance between maintaining the diplomatic allies that they still have, which is 13 countries. and a lot of them are in the caribbean and central america at the same time, trying to find ways to deepen ties with other countries. certainly one of the consideration for a lot of these countries, especially in areas of central america where china has really been increasing its influence and expanding its influence. but at the same time, i think we need to look back to a lot of these countries facing dept and also need to develop their infrastructure in compare to time one. china just has a lot more in its resources to deploy and also you launch the so called check diplomacy to lower these countries to ship their depend. that magic recognition, search and rescue efforts are underway after a tornado route through the southern us state of mississippi. at least 25 people have been confirmed dead and dozens injured. the governor has declared

a state of emergency. we consume sharif reports, a trail of destruction that stretches more than 270 kilometers a tomatoes spread through several towns on it's our long journey in mississippi, ripping about everything in its pop, rolling fork in the room, mississippi. delta is the hardest hit. nearly half the beds have been reported here . i have seen better days, but this is the worse i have ever this devastating friend loss damage. it is hot break. the tornado was so powerful. debris was reportedly thrown thousands of meters into the air. tens of thousands of people in alabama, mississippi, and tennessee, all without power. we could hear we in here, lou feeling by failed to heil fell into history

a little bit enjoyable. but it's really a 20 minute hold on. come through. we know every file and no, i'm more known to nato's that difficult to predict, but out relatively common in the central and southern parts of the u. s. but friday's trista was set to be re, it was on the ground for more than an aw, causing extraordinary amount of damage may cause some. sharif anxious eda, the u. s. has down played an announcement by russian president vladimir person about stationing tactical nuclear weapons. and belarus. futon says the agreement with president alexander lucas sion code does not violate non proliferation agreements. and that it's in response to britain's decision to provide ukraine with armor piercing grounds containing depleted uranium. so which bra loaded in houston? alexander lucas ankle is right. he said listen, where are your closest allies? why do the american deployed nuclear weapons add their allies on their territory,

train the crews, pilots? how to use this type of weapon if needed? we agreed. they will do the same without violating our obligations. even. i emphasize without violating our international obligations on the non proliferation of nuclear weapons. myles pompey is from the james martin since if the non proliferation studies, he believes persons announcement is designed to intimidates nato. they will not violate the nuclear nonproliferation treaty because russia like the united states in its, with its nato allies, will retain the nuclear weapons with its own arsenal, within its own, under its own military command until the time of war. so it does not violate the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. however, it does violate, ah, a statement that president putin made only 4 days ago with prayer as it and g that countries should not, station nuclear weapons abroad. this has more to do with politics, are both domestic and international in terms of trying to scare people in europe,

especially countries like germany and in terms of telling the russian public that there he found some way to use russian nuclear weapons. what it really says to me is russia's losing the war in ukraine and put in is trying to change the subject. but we certainly need some countries that will get nervous about it. and it's, this is what, why they do it. there are, there's always an active movement in countries like germany against nuclear issues, nuclear weapons, and they know that's a, something they can use to try to divide the alliance. i don't think it will succeed in that endeavor. and right now it should be clear, the russians are not actually going to move any weapons at least until july. oh, in put ins announcement. he said they would build the bunker ah, to how's the weapons. so this is an announcement for the future. if it happens, but it's more about saber rattling and my view the international criminal court is investigating with their attacks on ukrainian civilian facilities,

including voices, supplies, and power plants constitute war crimes. russia has repeatedly targeted energy infrastructure, forcing teams to work relentlessly to repair the damage, often and dangerous circumstances. al jazeera spoke to andre toyota, an electrical engineer in charge of repairs and cave that as well as the hold them selma. this is one of the most extensive damage sites and give 4 of the cities most important power lines were damaged here and 60 percent of the city was without power. my team and i spent 2 days repairing the damage. it was snowing, there was frost. he was raining, the damage was extensive. all the wires were laying on the ground. he was a very difficult job. dark of them was dis voiceover globally when we were working here the miss either tax continued. the guys we worried about their wives and children at home, the full uses in years loses young. yup. i'm not afraid for my life. i'm afraid for my team. they're worried about their families. their families worry about them. but

our work is to quickly restore power. the all new gle only, lord, you got boring you by yards luck of my team. i incredible people. they're not afraid and work hard to bring our victory closer. their work is important because everything depends on power, stations. heating system schools, hosp the door, water supplies, bakeries, everything. earth that i'm either it is thursday about temperature, much into october 10. russia has regularly attacked our energy facilities. it was one of the most difficult winters for our country. jasa, myrtle them was the young from the done yet region and in 2014, i moved to maryville there. i experience shelling and did emergency repairs. after shelling that he was completely different. but who would have thought that in the center of europe in the 21st century misses would fly over the capital of a country like ours? this is tara, right. well, for 3 of them, i feel

a great responsibility because we do the work that no one else will do for us. i know there only a few electrical work as like me who are restoring poem, keith, order. our work determines whether and how fast the light comes back on, but yes, 2 people have been killed in a shooting in the northern german city of hamburg. the public prosecutor says one of the victims was the suspected shooter. earlier this month, hambrick was the scene of a mess. shooting the gunman, targeted jehovah. witnesses missing. 7 people were killed or cubans will elect a new national assembly in the coming hours bears no campaigning or opposition. challenges and sit, voters will endorse the nominated candidates. the country is facing rolling blackouts and an economic crisis, but the cost of living a major issue for voters to re support reports from havana money. so morales makes a living in havana by lining up on the market to buy food and other items for other

people. it's become a paid job in this carry be a nation. and we had chronic shortages of food and medicine. and the lines get longer every day. on our way up a gully, there was no ground beef done. it arrived and as things arrive you come and you keep getting it. we come here with a card where it's all written, what we get. it's very difficult for everyone. hardship is everywhere in q where these days and experts say it will have a major impact on the legislative elections happening sunday. cubans are voting for 470 members of a national assembly. that was survey for a period of 5 years, and this is happening in the middle of a severe economic crisis where the inflation weight this year has been over 60 percent. and with the economy ravaged by a u. s. trade embargo since 1962, the majority of the population in this country is struggling and the government tolerates no descent. and that's why all lies are going to be on the expansion rate

because it's the only way people have to express their discontent in the last municipal election. 31 percent of their population did not vote, and many are expecting that figure to be much higher. this time for many inflation, constant power blackouts and the detention of hundreds of anti government protesters in july, 2021. make this the most complex election since the collapse of q was mean but a factor the soviet union in 1993, hundreds of thousands of people have left the country heading to the us, spain and other nations. with galahad yvette says, the situation is difficult for every one. and so the situation is turns we have needs of many things. i am 81 years old and i don't think this will change. the government blames that most recent crisis on trump paras sanctions and it co, 19 pandemic economy say that government has failed to transform the state dominated economy rather by visiting america. the country needs

a market that doesn't need to be a market economy, but cuban socialism. the example is out of vietnam and china, we need to have an example of a one party system that is managed to survive. that government is urging people to vote promising greater reforms that will improve their lives. but many here have stopped believing that real change will happen any time soon. but he said, well, i'll just see to have anna cuba still ahead on al jazeera. i'm catherine. soy in king is not least, and i'll be telling you why security forces, obviously on capital raiders who have killed hundreds of people and from jail birds to book wounds. how prisons in the philippines, disciplining inmates education for a better future. ah,

with here's your headlines for europe in africa. good to have jo long so more rain and wind is piling in to the northwest. so round the bay obisky, i think wind gusts of 60 kilometers per hour. much of the same in paris is wall and image. i look at this, we've got arctic air digging into the islands of the ireland and britain once again, so many spots down to single digits and keep in this theme of cold and winter like go and in stockholm, looking to pick up about 5 centimeters of snow temperatures are up once again in valencia. that is not good news for the wild fire burning in that area has been hot . it's been dry and even seen those winds pick up as while central europe, bands of rain continue to move west to east. that's gonna push down those temperatures, but i think we'll squeeze out one more warm day before. check this out on tuesday, doug, the blue, the lower the temperature, many spots sub 0. this comes just a few days after many these areas had about 20 degrees off to turkey and we've got

some showers for the boss for it says, stumble at 13 degrees. but let's put this a day. ford wind start to come out of this south, so that will pop up your temperature to 17 degrees and for africa, se nigeria around cameroon, and equitorial guinea. we've got some downpours there, and it's strong. southerly. wind is going to knock down the temperature and ma put so over the next 24 hours scatter jet season. ah, with

ah ah, you're watching al jazeera reminder of our top stores the salad honduras has formerly into decades long diplomatic relations with taiwan and switch to china. the move leaves the self ruled island with only 13 diplomatic allies. tampa has accused bashing of intimidation and coercion. vice president joe biden has declared a state of emergency in mississippi after tornadoes killed 25 people in the southern louis. tens of thousands of people in mississippi, alabama, and tennessee remained without power. the u. s. defense department says there's no indication russia plans to use this nuclear weapons. president vladimir putin says

he and president alexander lucas shanker bridge to deal from moscow to station nuclear weapons and bellow roofs. more than 100 people have been killed in kenya in the past 6 months by armed castle writers, internal politics and the lucrative tried have made it difficult for the government to deal with the problem. catherine saw reports from barringer county in the north rift valley. this is a road in north rift valley that cost through 3 counties. it was supposed to make movement in hard in communities easier, but it's a road that is hardly used because of crime, kenya security forces or targeting a 62 kilometers stretch of rolling heels, gorges as comments and caves that are hard to excess wear cattle feats hide out we passed through an area called tatty people who live here say young man used this

roads to carry out cross boat. our talks. the community leaders in the village of charl told al jazeera that they've been stigmatized and labeled bandits. i po, mail about that with them. we are afraid even to travel to other areas. what people see young men from po court, my community that are aggressive, they say we haven't guns, we're using and that we have criminals in our me the summer. but we have been tainted, we're also dealing with the same band, it coming to steal from us. hello, bob. oh, you are. but now who about you? the military and police have been deployed to some pots. cattle rating is a historic problem and kenya, the government has struggled to deal with it for me. yes. remember, the alternatives in these areas are very limited to various cause the infrastructure is extremely wanting, the probably some of the most desperate or parts of the country if not for the region. and so, unless we transform this communities and give them

a different system of economic survival, is going to be challenging to route out. the routes of mandatory the into ethnic conflict has been made worse by a mix of climate change and politics. people here will do anything to protect the livestock and the mall theft is nothing new to heard in communities, but some say the practice has been commercialized. the government has told hundreds of people to leave their homes in areas where the security operation is being carried out. most of those who have been displaced have moved to safer houses, but they are now living rough in crowded houses and open space is angeline looming guy. and he says, she's decided to move here because it's near a police comp pleasure. but listen, life is tough. we have nothing, we left most of our belonging back home. we have been robbed, we have no blankets. we have no cutlery. we cover ourselves with sacks at night and

with an elderly people who live here say they hope the security operation will help . but they also, talis things may not change much. katherine saw aldi's era, not rift valley, to re palestinians have been arrested by israeli forces in the occupied whist bank . ah, is ready forces right at a house and no shams camp in the east of telecom. there were reported confrontations between israel's army and fighters from the islamic jihad movement is really forces us to have been pursuing palestinian palestinian gunman who targeted an illegal settlement earlier with these rarely ami says there's been a shooting in the palestinian town of who warren the occupied whist, bank to israelis were wounded after they were fired at from a moving vehicle. the shooter is believed to still be on the run. natasha can i am

has more from ramallah. any hope of this being a com, beginning to the holy month of ramadan, evaporated on this 1st saturday of the holy month with this shooting in hora, 2 soldiers were shot in a drive by shooting on saturday evening. they were near a military post. one soldier, according to the israeli military, has been severely injured. the other soldier is facing moderate injuries, and the hunt is on for the shooter or shooters. the popular front for the liberation of palestine has claimed responsibility in a message on telegram in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, the main thoroughfare of who was closed checkpoints going in and out of hora were also closed as were 2 surrounding checkpoints. shops were closed, people were prohibited as remember, this is a holy month and on a saturday evening it would be typically that area would be quite full. people were

prevented from moving on the main thoroughfare and we were told again, as the israeli army moved in, in search of the shooter or shooters. there were clashes between palestinians and the israeli army. there were no reports of injuries. we've spoken to activists in the town. they say that the israeli army has moved out of whole laura and there is a bit of calm that has been restored. but there's definitely very much a sense of calm for now. and the big question is, what kind of repercussions may people face in the city of who are israel's defense minister has called on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to hold the planned overhaul of the justice system. hundreds of thousands of israelis have been demonstrating against netanyahu's, proposed changes critic, so they will limit the supreme court powers and give the coalition government a launch roland, appointing judges. i mean, we were somewhat off only in recent days and weeks during conversations and

discussions behind the scenes, i presented the security situation to various parties. i asked reason and said that at this time the process must be stopped so that we may sit and talk. but now i declare loudly and publicly for the sake of israel, security, for the sake of our sons and daughters, the legislative process should be stopped. for us president donald trump has used a campaign really in waco, texas to criticize the manhattan district attorneys investigation. trump is facing possible criminal charges and mixed polling ahead of next year's republican primaries. many of his supporters say the legal threats and nothing more than a witch hunt. island fisher has more from washington d. c. this was donald trump's 1st campaign rally in 2024, although he did speak to see pike just a couple of weeks ago. and he held it and waco, texas an area which voted overwhelmingly for donald trump in the last presidential

election. it's also the foster ali he's hell since he predicted on social media that he was about to be arrested after the district attorney in new york were bring charges against them for illegal campaign financing and false reporting. that all surrounding a payment made to an adult film star before the 2016 presidential election. you remember that just in the last few days untruth social donald trump said that if he was arrested, it would lead to death and destruction and would be catastrophic for our country. while he didn't reference the district attorney in new york directly during his campaign speech. but he did say there was growing evidence of prosecutorial misconduct. but as far as the i can see, the abuses of power that we're currently witnessing at all levels of government will go down is among the most shameful, corrupt and depraved chapters in all of american history. it's happening right before your eyes,

but we're gonna end up winning the biden regimes weapon ization of law enforcement against their political opponent is something straight out of the stalinist, russia. hi, rachelle is important to point out that the grand jury in new york is still considering evidence, even though there was no concrete action of an arrest in the last few days. it's also important to point out that donald trump is also facing further criminal inquiries in georgia for potential election interference when he tried to find votes after the election, asking the secretary of state there to intervene. and also of course, in relation to the riot on january, the 6 at the capital building and the part to me of played in inciting the right there. alan fisher, i'll just either washington, the u. s. state of california has relaxed some water restrictions, mumps of heavy rain, and 16 meters of snow have begun to fill rivers and reservoirs after years of

severe trout. aqua has more parts of california have been transformed into a winter wonderland. a wiped blanket of snow is covering the slopes of the us states northern region. some areas have received as much as 16 meters of snow live here in christmas valley for over 40 years. we're having a record snow this year over 55 feet of snow here in our home. and we're all dealing in a, a fun winter now, spring decades old. no records have been broken in california this year, causing power outages, stranding people and burying homes under huge snowfall. people in south like tall, have been shoveling snow from their driveways, andrew top for the past 3 months. so this year our biggest challenge has been trying to keep the snow off the roofs, obviously with over 50 feet. now it's thousands of pounds of weight on our roofs.

some of these groups are collapsing and having issues. so we've all been very, very busy trying to keep the snow off our roof. send off of our walkways while skiers will enjoy an extended season on the slopes. the unusual and record breaking long winter in california has left some anticipating sunny days and warmer weather . but they may have to wait a while more snow than the forecast for the greater lake tahoe area. lena barclays, as ita. the philippine government has partnered with the united nations to put libraries and prisons. the read your way out program has been cautiously welcomed by human rights activists following years of violence and the so called war on drugs and devout city, prison officials have gone a step further by offering a college program is bound to be low reports when mark was arrested for drugs possession and dealing. he thought his life was over. what i had,

they'll stop. would we go to turn? there was president of the philippines and his cracked on on drugs resulted in the killing of thousands of suspects. but mark says he's found hope. even though he's a prison, we are given the opportunity for the holding our studies. we can't reveal marks identity as his case is still in court. along with dozens of other detainees, he studying for college degree in the building next to his self. it was built in 2017 with the help of a non profit organization during the height of the so called warn drugs. and to turn this hometown davos city staff members at this jail are pioneering the use of education to reform, drug offenders and other criminals is also the 1st president in asia to offer college degrees. now is one of the 1st and the philippines, institutionalized reading program. ongoing president, ferdinand marcus junior has taken an alternative approach to narcotics crimes together with united nations. his government plans to install more libraries like

this in at least a dozen more detention centers. this is the white empire cell of diagnosis and that we need to provide for them to help on an enabling environmentally there on, especially once they get outside of jail and they will no longer come back a, his high knowledge in facilities time spent in the library and studying is considered good behavior, which in turn reduces time in detention. philippine jails are overcrowded by nearly 400 percent human rights advocates. welcome the education initiative, but insisted her to be held accountable. there's no way you can approach and a drug probably in the philippines in the humane and human rights way without taking into account accountability for boston uses. and particularly in the past 7 years to that end, they have been urging the government to submit to an investigation by the international criminal court. but at just a 2nd.